Six Months Old

This whole having a kid thing gets more fun every day.  J-Dub has started rolling over front-to-back and back-to-front.  In fact, he rolls all the way across the living room now.  He is also getting to be a pro at sitting up on his own, with only the occasional fall.  He trucks all over the house in his Jeep Walker.  He is, in a word, becoming MOBILE.  Everyone tells us to enjoy it now while he is stuck wherever we put him, because once he starts moving around, you have to watch them like a hawk.  We are starting to see what they mean.  He has, so far, rolled under the tv, gotten stuck under the couch, and wrapped himself around his activity mat.

We are, unfortunately, still dealing with the constant spitting up.  So far, the doctor has been less than concerned about it.  So we keep on keeping on, what with the 74 wardrobe changes per day and all...not counting our own when we bear the brunt of the gastroesophageal onslaught.  He will go a day or two without spitting up much, and I will make a comment like, "I think his spitting up is getting better." and never fail, he immediately begins upchucking every ounce of food in his belly, plus some that I'm not sure where it came from.  It's like he's trying to prove a point.  Point made.  I'm keeping my mouth shut from now on.

He is finally sleeping in his crib upstairs that we worked so hard on.  Better late than never. But no worries...we have more monitors than a Vegas casino.  It's just a little longer trip whenever he starts crying or his pacifier falls out, or he accidentally rolls over on his belly and suddenly forgets how to roll back over.

This past weekend, we went to Lorena to visit the fam.  We had a great time, of course.  JKW had fun and was very well-behaved.  He has had a few meltdowns at my parents' house early on, so we were hoping he would behave himself.  And he did.  He loves his M and Pa.  But my Dad never gets to hold him because my Mom swoops in any time anyone else has held him for longer than thirty seconds.  He did spit up on her once or five times, though.  So I guess it all evens out in the end.  He also had a great time with his Uncle Nick and Aunt Carrie and his cousins Logan and Brynna.  I think he managed to get some stomach contents on just about everyone, so no one felt left out.

I've shown pictures before of what the kid's hair looks like right after his bath.  Total jew fro...think Seth Rogan or that kid from Superbad.  In the past, Nancy has frantically towel dried and combed his hair for twenty minutes after every bath, so that said fro would not become permanent.  Lately, however, she has begun blow-drying it.  I'm not sure i have ever seen a 6 month-old child get his hair blow dried.  Or even heard of that.  I would imagine it is pretty uncommon.  But in his case, he definitely needs it.  And it shaves a good 15 minutes off of our pre-bedtime ritual.  You can see pics of this transformation below.   We also think it is only a matter of weeks before he will get his first haircut.  A little earlier than most kids, I would guess.

The Official 6 Month Pic



 Checking out his new bathtub

Trying it out

After the bath...the jew fro

Blow drying

The finished product

 He loves his cousins